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HISTORY: In the second half of
the 18th century the power over Hochlibin and the surrounding communities
belonged to the Counts Wallis and Wenzel Ko_ka, Prague, writes the following
in his history of Hochlibin about the Jews then:
"Hochlibin never had a Jewish Community of its own since the Jews here
always belonged to the congregation in Wallisgrün.
"In 1820 there were 49 Jews in Hochlibin, around 1880 there were still
20 Head (sic) and now there is not a single Jew living in Hochlibin anymore.
The last Jewish family, Theodor Hönig sold its property here (a store
and farm) in 1929 and moved to Falkenau a./E. [...sorry
don¹t know what that is, maybe "an der Elbe"].
"About 25-30 years ago the Hochlibin Jews constituted their own prayer
group and had their own house of prayer in the home of F. Ignaz Abeles,
who at the time was also the Chairman and record keeper of the Jewish Congregation
Wallisgrün."